Garceau's National Title Highlights Winter Season for Local CollegiansiBerkshires.com Sports,
12:14PM / Thursday, March 27, 2025 | |
 Wahconah graduate and UMass-Boston junior Aryianna Garceau was crowned the school's 21st National Champion at the 2025 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Rochester, N.Y., posting an historic time of 8.35 seconds in the women's 60-meter hurdles. Her championship-winning performance is an NCAA DIII Championship meet record and places her among the top two hurdlers of all time in NCAA DIII, capping off an unforgettable season. Garceau finished with an astonishing, record-breaking 8.35 seconds finish to conclude the season undefeated against NCAA DIII competition. She now holds a new NCAA DIII Championship Meet Record, surpassing Birgen >> Read More |
Berkshire Running Foundation Announces 2025 Race CalendarCommunity submission,
11:26AM / Tuesday, March 25, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Running Foundation recently announced a year-long schedule of races and community engagement. The season kicks off with the MCLA Sam Gomez 5K on Sunday, April 6. “The Berkshire Running Foundation is thrilled to be working with the community partners, MountainOne, Berkshire Health Systems, Spectrum Health and many other local organizations to bring these new and classic events to the Berkshires," Executive Director Shiobbean Lemme said. "The impact the running community makes in the Berkshires continues to grow each year, with our work in since 2011 donating over $330,000 to nonprofits in the Berkshires. We are energized at the >> Read More |
Baseball in the Berkshires Plans April Exhibit in West StockbridgeCommunity submission,
11:06AM / Tuesday, March 25, 2025 | |
 WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Baseball in the Berkshires museum will host a weekend exhibit at the Old Town Hall from April 10 to April 13. The exhibit, titled "Connections -- State Line Cafe and Mickey Mantle, Art Ditmar, Yogi Berra," highlights Big Leaguers' connections with Berkshire County. Baseball in the Berkshires is partnering with the West Stockbridge Historical Society for the exhibit and a series of educational events. The exhibit will open for a sneak preview on Thursday, April 10, from 5 to 8 p.m. On Friday, April, 11, the opening reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. with a talk by Baseball in the Berkshires Director Larry Moore at >> Read More |
County's 'Super Six' Head to Final FourBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
05:26AM / Monday, March 10, 2025 | |
 Out of 10 No. 1 seeds in the MIAA basketball tournaments this winter – five boys, five girls – nine are still playing. Those nine did not have to play the Lee High girls basketball team. The ninth-seeded Wildcats pulled off arguably the season’s biggest upset on Saturday when they upended No. 1 Hopedale to reach this week’s state semi-final round. On Sunday afternoon, the Lee girls got together to celebrate their Final Four berth in style, cutting down one of the nets in their gymnasium and boarding a flatbed for a parade down Main Street. Senior captain Mia Puleri said that Lee, which trailed by as many as 15 in the fourth quarter on >> Read More |
County Stars Shine on Championship SaturdayiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:34PM / Saturday, February 22, 2025 | |
 Three Berkshire County high school basketball teams claimed Western Massachusetts crowns on Championship Saturday. And one area high school wrestler earned a title of his own at the Division 3 State Championships. Six area basketball teams made it to the final game of the six divisions – three boys and three girls – where county schools are classified in Western Mass. In Class B boys, both the Pittsfield Generals and Monument Mountain Spartans made it to the tournament finale in a rematch of last year’s final. This time around, Monument Mountain came out on top at the Boys and Girls Club. In Class C boys, Drury reached its final only to fall to >> Read More |
Local Figure Skaters Compete at Bay State GamesiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:56AM / Monday, January 06, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Pittsfield's Sophia Collins Sunday led a sweep of the podium for the Christmas Brook Figure Skating Club in one her events at the Bay State Winter Games. Hundreds of figure skaters from around the commonwealth and around New England participated in the annual event. Collins took a gold medal in the Aspire 1 Girls Free Skate Group D on Sunday morning at Williams College's Lansing Chapman Rink. Teammates Mila Juras of Cheshire and Alyse Wright of Pittsfield took bronze and silver, respectively, in the event. Christmas Brook FSC, which hosted the three-day competition, earned eight gold medals in U.S. Figure Skating-sanctioned >> Read More |
Berkshire High Schools Release Statement on Fan Behavior at Athletic Events| 04:00PM / Wednesday, December 04, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County superintendents, principals, and athletic directors have released a statement addressing fan behavior and sportsmanship at high school athletic contests. Ahead of the Winter Sports Season, all Berkshire County superintendents and principals met to discuss concerns regarding conduct at school sponsored athletic events. As a result of this meeting, a message was crafted as a reminder of the expectations for conduct at all sporting events. According to the statement: Berkshire County superintendents, principals, and athletic directors feel that there is a need to address fan behavior and sportsmanship at high school athletic >> Read More |
Swann, Williams College Harriers Compete at NCAA ChampionshipsiBerkshires.com Sports,
11:31AM / Friday, November 22, 2024 | |
 Mount Greylock Regional School alumna Kate Swann and the Williams College women's cross country team are in Terre Haute, Ind., Saturday morning to compete at the NCAA Division III Championship. Williams crushed the field at the 24-team regional championship in New London, Conn., to qualify for the national championship. On Nov. 16 at the Mideast Regional, Williams finished with 59 points, well ahead of runner-up Rensselaer Polytechnic, which collected 110 points. Swann, a junior, was the second Williams runner across the finish line, finishing 10th overall with a time of 21 minutes, 36 seconds on the 6-kilometer course. Williams has finished first or second >> Read More |
Soldier On 5K Sunday in PittsfieldCommunity submission,
11:11AM / Tuesday, November 05, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Soldier On and the Berkshire Running Foundation will host the inaugural Soldier On 5K Walk/Run Sunday, Nov. 10 at the First Street Common in Pittsfield at 9 a.m. This event will help support the mission at Soldier On. Soldier On is a private nonprofit organization committed to ending veteran homelessness. Since 1994, the organization has been providing homeless veterans with transitional housing and supportive services. In 2010, Soldier On opened the first Gordon H. Mansfield Veterans Community, a permanent housing cooperative that provides formerly homeless veterans with safe, sustainable, affordable housing – transitioning them from >> Read More |
Henderson Making a Mark at Springfield CollegeiBerkshires.com Sports,
06:35AM / Thursday, October 24, 2024 | |
 Monument Mountain alum Erving Henderson is making an impact in his first year on the Springfield College men's soccer team. Henderson scored a pair of goals in the Pride's 3-1 win over Worcester State on Oct. 8. He has appeared in 11 games this season, collecting those two goals and an assist, and he has started once for the Pride. Springfield College (5-6-2) hosts Wheaton College on Saturday. (Wahconah) a sophomore at Mass Maritime, leads his team with five goals this fall. He scored a goal last weekend in a 2-1 loss to Bridgewater State. Mass Maritime (2-10) is at Framingham State on Saturday. Up at Vermont's Castleton State, Drury grad is a senior >> Read More |
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